Ser erving ing Thi his Week Week EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY Betty and Jimmy Weldon, Ushers Lavonne Hart, Altar Guild Betty Weldon, Lay Reader Lavonne Hart, Lay Eucharistic Minister Caleb Hart, Pianist Esther Hart, Violinist Amanda Borden, Refreshments Pam and Jere Van Etten, Stewards In Our P In Our Pray rayers rs The V he Ves estry and try and S Staff taff We pray for those who are sick The Rt. Hon. & Most Rev. Justin Welby and recovering from illness or 105 th Archbishop of Canterbury surgery, including Alan McCord, The Most Rev. Katharine Jeffers Schori Barbara Trogdon, Norma 26 th Presiding Bishop Johnson, Rita Whitman, John The Rt. Rev. John McKee Sloan Rand, Jim Rand, Bobby Dupree, 11 th Bishop of Alabama Jimmy’s niece Allison, Lynn The Rt. Rev. Santosh Marray Dubay, Eddie Harper, Lannon Assistant Bishop and Charlotte Poole, Robin and The Rev. Dr. John Wells Warren, Priest Clint Darby, and Randy Norris’s Jere Van Etten, Senior Warden 2602 Gilmer Ave. Tallassee, Alabama 36078 (334) 252-8618 mother Ronnie Taylor. Jim Davis, Junior Warden Amanda Welch Borden, Vestry Member In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, Nancy Dupree, Vestry Member THE PRESENTAT THE PRESENTATION OF ION OF we remember Trinity Church in Mike Harber, Vestry Member Demopolis and St. John’s Michael Williams, Vestry Member Church for the Deaf in JES JESUS US IN THE TEM IN THE TEMPLE PLE Pamela Van Etten, Clerk Birmingham; our companion diocese of Haiti and its bishops A Festival Holy Eucharist Zaché and Oge; for the Diocesan For 21 years, the Episcopal Church Commission on Ministry; the of the Epiphany has lived out its Department of Christian Ten-thirty on Sunday Morning mission and ministry to the Tallassee Formation, and all youth ministers and EYC advisors. The First Day of February area as a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, the Episcopal In the Year of Our Lord 2015 Church USA, and the worldwide “ The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of Anglican Communion. God was upon him. ”
Presentation Now Thank We All Our God Hymn 396:1 THE PRESENTATION OF THE PRESENTAT ION OF Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands, and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, in whom his world rejoices; JESUS JES US IN THE TEM IN THE TEMPLE PLE Who from our mother’s arms, hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. A Festival Holy Eucharist Holy C Holy Communi union le Eucharistic Prayer B Page 367, BCP Gath Gather ering ing of of t the Pe he People Holy, Holy, Holy Sanctus St. James The people enter in silence and observe a time of silent prayer. Please note that we Consecration of the Elements are using service music from All Saints’ Chapel in Sewanee, published by St. James Press. The Lord’s Prayer Traditional Page 364, BCP Breaking of the Bread Piano Prelude Fraction Jesus, Lamb of God St. James Words of Peace Communion Processional Tell Out, My Soul, the Greatness Hymn 437 Post-Communion Prayer Page 366, BCP Acclamation Page 355, BCP Blessing Collect for Purity Recessional O, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing Hymn 493 Glory to God Gloria St. James Dismissal Salutation Page 357, BCP Piano Postlude Collect of the Day Scripture Sheet Lit itur urgy gy of th f the Wo e Word rd We sit for the Lessons and Psalm, and we stand for the Gospel. Old Testament Malachi 3:1-4 Scripture Sheet Psalm 84 Quam dilecta! Psalm Insert Epistle Hebrews 2:14-18 Scripture Sheet Sequence Deck Thyself, My Soul, with Gladness Hymn 339 Gospel Luke 2:22-40 Scripture Sheet The Sermon The Nicene Creed Page 358, BCP Prayers of the People, Form VI Page 392, BCP Confession and Absolution The Peace Announcements Offertory No Sunday School this morning, but join us next Sunday at 9:30 am!
Gos Gospel el Luke 2:22-40 The L he Lesso essons for ns for the he Prese resent ntatio ion n of f Jesu Jesus i s in n the he Te Temple ple When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus brought him up to Jerusalem to present The Col e Colle lect o t of th f the D e Day ay him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord"), and they offered a Almighty and everliving God, we humbly pray that, as your only- sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, "a pair of begotten Son was this day presented in the temple, so we may be turtledoves or two young pigeons." Now there was a man in Jerusalem presented to you with pure and clean hearts by Jesus Christ our Lord; whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on for ever. Amen . him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Messiah. Guided by the Ol Old T Tes esta tament ment Malachi 3:1-4 Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Thus says the Lord, See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying, "Master, now way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight-- my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the indeed, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts. But who can endure presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he glory to your people Israel." And the child's father and mother were is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap; he will sit as a refiner and amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine and said to his mother Mary, "This child is destined for the falling and them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the LORD in the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so righteousness. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed-- and a sword will pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years. pierce your own soul too." There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, Psalm Psalm 84 84 Quam dilecta! Psalm Insert having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but Epis istle le Hebrews 2:14-18 worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the Since God's children share flesh and blood, Jesus himself likewise child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. When shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. For it is clear and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham. upon him. Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the If you need a priest, call or text Father Wells at (334) 332-3222, or service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the email him at wellswarren@msn.com people. Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.
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